The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-06-23
citizen has done q great duty to the
State when lie has cast bis vote.
INFLUENCE OF PARENT.

hD w u "bN rpiiio W WHY "'N
the men aud women of tomorrow.
Whatever they are made by common
education, in great measure, will
he The character they give 10 theii
future homes. "Just as the twig is
bent the irec's inclined" uome is
the one place above all others, whore
children get tboir first ideas OF people
The parents may bo the making or
the ruio OF their children as they
choose. BY neglect. unkindness
ard unntiructive manners, they may
create in their children dislike for
home which in timo results in the
acuuircment Of loose habits Nud o
ruinod mind. Home education is the
great factor, whether it qnonches or
aoakens the young mind The
purcnt directs his child in the spiing
time of life when tho body aud mind
arc undergoing the process Of
growth and formation. If you cause
any distortion in the growth Of a lroo
by making it crooked, whatover you
may do aflerword to make the tree
straight, .ho work Of distortion is
still visible. 1t is absolutely indel-
lille, for it has become part of the
trees nature. SO it is with the
child, his simplest questions are an
swercd y the kind parent, who 10 10
the child fountain of wisdom and
ruling power During the fret years,
tho disposition is formed by the Mt
mospbere which he breathes. II it
is pure aud refined as made By the
parent, then tbero will be no distor-
ton in the ehild's nature; but if the
parent evades or censures the child's
questions, OF impatiently and imper-
fcctly answers them, then the intel-
lectual hunger il not satisfied and
the child sees an unreasonnblenoss
in everything, and his mind becomes
dwarfed.
Every child has rights which do
mand that it's life sha il begin under
favorable circumstances, that its frs.
years ehall be oflogical development
both physically and morally. The
laws OF God demand of parents the
best care and training for their child
dren that they can afford The
school is not all in oil to the child
For there he is only one OF a hetero-
geneous mass, and tho teacher is
likely to teach oil alike, failing to
re recsGnize . the . fact g that that he must be
pupils The parent apprehenls this
for be socs the child from tho very
da~ ming Of his sensblities. We
frequently find that two cLildron Of
the same parents will differ widely
in disposition and tendencies by a
cause which besrs the same proper
ton to its ultimate eilects. Os the
pebble on the Allegheny mountlil
top whose angle separates The course
Of two rain drops, one going TO the
Atlantic aud the other to tho Gull,
The teacher who has charge OF the
pupil six hours u day. for six months
in q year, aud only coneS in ccccs
sionnl, personal contact with him,
'cnunot understand oil tho variations
i'll his disposition, and hence cannot
,ysrciFe that peculiar adaptation
which is required. The Inherent
love Of the parent for his child teaches
him to be careful Of all the intrcacios
Of the chili's uini and cha,aeter'
1t is unuatual for the teacher to take
this interest IN every child. As the
petals ot the ruso,bud expand and
burst into tho beautiful cClors u the
rose under tho guidluCo Of nature,
So tho immortal mind, led in lis own
Inaturl way, under the guidance OF
the paient, develops and grows nutiI
the unfolding OF the Intellectual
faculties bursts forth into tho igii
| blossoms Of manhood aud woman
hood. Fathers and mothers who
desire to save themselves from tbo
ssyerest pain should labor to make
home the centre of attuction, q cir.
Gle Of happiness, and Il fouut in OF
instruction. What child reads is
more important than what he eats,
the one elevates or destroys the meu-
tai and moral attlinments, the other
ouly effects the physical organs
A bad paper or book is worse than
bad company. The parent 10 III,
ono who should guide the child il
bis reading and teaches him to dis
criminate between that which will dc
him good for the whole Of his life, OIL
that which may undermine his char'